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AB2188 —8- 1 streamlined permitting process for small residential rooftop solar 2 energy systems. In developing an expedited permitting process, 3 the city, county, or city and county shall adopt a checklist of all 4 requirements with which small rooftop solar energy systems shall 5 comply to be eligible for expedited review. An application that 6 satisfies the information requirements in the checklist, as 7 determined by the city, county, and city and county, shall be 8 deemed complete. Upon confirmation by the city, county, or city 9 and county of the application and supporting documents being 10 complete and meeting the requirements of the checklist, and 11 consistent with the ordinance, a city, county, or city and county 12 shall,consistent with subdivision (b), approve the application and 13 issue all required permits or authorizations. Upon receipt of an 14 incomplete application, a city, county, or city and county shall 15 issue a written correction notice detailing all deficiencies in the 16 application and any additional information required to be eligible 17 for expedited permit issuance.-The 18 (2) The checklist and required permitting documentation shall 19 be published on a publically accessible Internet Web site, if the 20 city, county, or city and county has an Internet Web site, and the 21 city,county,or city and county shall allow for electronic submittal 22 of a permit application and associated documentation, and shall 23 authorize the electronic signature on all forms, applications, and 24 other documentation in lieu of a wet signature by an applicant. In 25 developing the ordinance,the city,county,or city and county shall 26 strive to conform with standardized checklists based on existing 27 statewide solar permitting guidelines or best practices including 28 those developed through the United States Department of Energy's 29 SunShot Initiative. If a city, county, or city and county determines 30 that it is unable to authorize the acceptance of an electronic 31 signature on all forms, applications, and other documents in lieu 32 of a wet signature by an applicant, the city, county, or city and 33 county shall state, in the ordinance required under this subdivision, 34 the reasons jbr its inability to accept electronic signatures and 35 acceptance of an electronic signature shall not be required 36 (h) For a small residential rooftop solar energy system eligible 37 for expedited review, only one inspection shall be-repaired-tom 38 that clic iaspectie.rsl,all b s lie lulcd witl f L„0:... W.y0 94